Shi Long glared at Mao Ling his silver long sword shining with a deadly light.
Mao Ling met his glare with one of his own before firing a blot of golden lighting toward Shi Long.
Instead of dodging the bolt, he swung his sword cutting it in two.
"Is that all you can do Mao Ling I haven't even used 2% of my power so you better step it up," said Shi Long as he taunted Mao Ling.
Mao Ling's expression turned vicious as he created a massive storm that consumed everything around him.
Shi Long only stood there with the light of his sword Qi repelling the heavy winds.
He then charged Mao Ling the avatar of a sword forming behind him.
The avatar carried with it a trace of the sword Dao that enhanced Shi Long's sword Qi.
The sword light that covered his blade suddenly became exploded.
It slashed directly through my father's storm and cut his lightning-coated spear in two.
Mao Ling only grew angrier and readied another lightning bolt powerful enough to vaporize a mountain but without warning.
A thin red line formed along his chest before blood erupted from the paper-thin cut.
Mao Ling coughed up large amounts of blood as he clutched his chest in pain.
While I only stared at the avatar Shi Long summoned an avatar that solid was quite impressive.
An avatar was basically an illusionary image formed by the strength of one's soul.
What the avatar looked like depended on a cultivator's personality or how they cultivated.
So naturally, a sword cultivator would summon a sword avatar, and since Shi Long was an Ascension realm expert his avatar carried a trace of the Dao's law.
I stood in the floating carriage staring at the sword avatar that carried a trace of the great sword Dao.
As I looked at it I had an epiphany and entered into a state of enlightenment.
This state was a special one that very few could ever reach and even if someone did it usually didn't last for too long.
While in this state you become one with heaven and earth comprehending the great Dao's laws becomes easy while in this state.
Dao abilities that once seemed impossible to understand become simple and while in this state a cultivator could even create new techniques and abilities.
For heavens favorites, like me entering an enlightened state was as easy as breathing and now I was trying to comprehend the sword Dao.
After looking at Shi Long's sword Qi I have come to a simple conclusion that sword Qi was merely spiritual Qi blessed by the sword Dao and by my comprehension of this Dao will allow me to break through to the next realm easily.
So while still in my enlightened state I began crazily absorbing all the spiritual Qi in the nearby environment.
Then I turned this collected spirit Qi into sword Qi by allowing the sword Dao to flow through it turning the once pure spiritual Qi into highly destructive sword Qi.
The process in which I did this was pretty similar to how sword cultivators create sword Qi but on a much larger scale and at a much quicker speed.
But let's make one thing clear the great sword Dao was legendary not only because of its great killing ability but also because it was the main focus of the Immortal Thearch.
For those who don't know who that is he was considered the mightiest cultivator of the ancient world and was the figure who established the central plains.
He was also a fearsome sword cultivator who was quite possibly the strongest sword cultivator in history.
It was also a very difficult Dao to make progress in because of its destructive nature not only could it obliterate your enemy if you weren't careful it could also kill the one using it.
Another disadvantage sword cultivators had was their weak physical bodies since they spent all their time polishing their sword Qi they had pitifully weak physiques.
That's why a sword cultivator would immediately go for the kill to end a fight as quickly as possible.
Excepted for Ascension realm sword cultivators they had nothing to fear the reason for this was because of the nature of the Ascension realm.
In the Ascension realm, there are 9 cycles and during each cycle, a cultivator's body undergoes a metamorphosis transforming their body and becoming terrifyingly strong.
The body of an Accession realm cultivator was so strong it's been compared to the physique of a dragon.
They possessed a startling recovery ability that could even regenerate lost limbs.
That's why a Nascent soul sword cultivator's sword Qi couldn't compare to the sword Qi of an Accession realm expert.
Since their bodies were stronger they could handle much stronger sword Qi without being injured by the sword Dao's backlash.
I continued gathering more spirit Qi as my understanding of the sword Dao only grew more and more with each strand of sword Qi I condensed.
Until my golden core began to shake meaning I was about to break through.
Shi Long felt the great sword Dao nearby so he stopped attacking Mao Ling and looked toward me.
Upon seeing I was in an enlightened state about to break through into the Nascent soul realm by baptizing my golden core with the sword Dao and seeing me creating such large amounts of potent sword Qi without severely injuring myself.
His face twisted into a jealous grimace he then decided to quickly kill Mao Ling and then move on to me before I broke through and Mao Ling wasn't in good shape by the way.
He was missing one of his arms and his dark yellow Daoist robes were in shreds with blood poring all over them from hundreds of deep cuts.
He saw me trying to break through and his hopeless eyes lit up believing I could possibly help him defeat Shi Long if I could break through.
So he began summoning hundreds of lightning blots and launching them at Shi Long while creating dozens of tornadoes to crush him.
Shi Long only became angrier and performed a simple downward slash this simple slash contained vicious killing intent.
That turned his sword Qi into a powerful sword beam that cut Mao Ling down the middle into two pieces killing him instantly.
"Now time to kill that boy heavens favorite or not he will die how dare he try to upstage me," said an enraged Shi Long.
Before he could attack him a thread of sword Qi wiped past him taking one of his arms with it.
Shi Long's expression only grew uglier once he sensed the great sword Dao on the young boy's body.
Mao Qiang had broken through to the Nascent soul realm by baptizing his soul with the great sword Dao.